Benjamin P. Indick had sent Tolkien a long letter with comments and queries. Tolkien tells him he deserved a much longer answer, but he is pressed for time; in fact, if Tolkien wanted to produce more stories, like Indick asked, it would mean Tolkien could not answer fan letters at all.

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Benjamin P. Indick had sent Tolkien a long letter with comments and queries. Tolkien told him he deserved a much longer answer, but he was pressed for time; in fact, if Tolkien wanted to produce more stories, like Indick asked, it meant Tolkien could not answer fan letters at all.

Benjamin P. Indick had sent Tolkien a long letter with comments and queries. Tolkien told him he deserved a much longer answer, but he was pressed for time; in fact, if Tolkien wanted to produce more stories, like Indick asked, it meant Tolkien could not answer fan letters at all.